Ben Arda

Career

Arda, known as Bantam Ben and the Toy Tiger because of his small stature, was one of Asia"s leading golfers during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the first Filipino to qualify for the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship. Japan Golf Tour wins (4) 1973 Japan Open Golf Championship, Dunlop Tournament Other wins (9) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Green background for wins.

Yellow background for top-10.

Achievements

• 1973 Japan Open Golf Championship, Dunlop Tournament 1976 Sobu International Open 1977 Dunlop International Open This list may be incomplete 1961 Philippine Open 1963 Philippine Open 1967 Singapore Open 1969 Indian Open 1970 Malaysian Open 1973 Singapore Open 1974 Indonesia Open 1976 Thailand Open 1979 Philippine Open.